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Dr Sue Greaney writes:
The news being shared today that lumps of granodiorite, originally from the Cheviots of Northumberland, have been found at the West Kennet palisaded enclosures near Avebury, is pretty darn extraordinary and yet more evidence for long-distance connections in the late Neolithic.
The lumps were found in pits and postholes at Structure 5, a large timber structure connected by radial ditches (with posts) to the main palisades. I like to think this is a concentric timber monument but we don't really understand it yet, they were certainly huge posts.
This granodiorite might have been moved by glacial action to the North Sea coasts of eastern England, before being picked up by people and schlepped to Avebury, but that's still a really long way to carry it!
I recommend watching the Wiltshire Museum lecture by excavator Josh Pollard which talks about this, and also features the wonderful Alison Sheridan - available now
https://wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?event=online-event-connections-avebury-and-orkney
and reading the new edition of British Archaeology magazine out today for more info.
https://twitter.com/SueGreaney/status/1493947413245177862
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